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[CITE: 49USC30114]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
             SUBTITLE VI--MOTOR VEHICLE AND DRIVER PROGRAMS
 
                             PART A--GENERAL
 
                    CHAPTER 301--MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY
 
                 SUBCHAPTER II--STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE
 
Sec. 30114. Special exemptions

    The Secretary of Transportation may exempt a motor vehicle or item 
of motor vehicle equipment from section 30112(a) of this title on terms 
the Secretary decides are necessary for research, investigations, 
demonstrations, training, competitive racing events, show, or display.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 947; Pub. L. 105-
178, title VII, Sec. 7107(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 469.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30114.................................  15:1397(j).                      Sept. 
9, 1966, Pub. L. 89-563, 80 Stat.
                                                                          718, 
Sec.  108(j); added Oct. 31,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-562, Sec.  2(b), 102
                                                                          Stat.
 2824.
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    The word ``conditions'' is omitted as being included in ``terms'', 
and the word ``studies'' is omitted as being included in ``research''. 
The word ``solely'' is omitted as unnecessary.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-178 substituted ``competitive racing events, show, 
or display'' for ``or competitive racing events''.


                             Transition Rule

    Pub. L. 105-178, title VII, Sec. 7107(b), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 
469, provided that: ``A person who is the owner of a motor vehicle 
located in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act [June 
9, 1998] may seek an exemption under section 30114 of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, for a period 
of 6 months after the date regulations of the Secretary of 
Transportation promulgated in response to such amendment take effect.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 30112 of this title.
